Name L-22 Commissioned 28 August 1942 Launched 23 September 1939 Beam 7 m | Laid down 4 December 1938 Fate Scrapped. Construction started 4 December 1938 Length 83 m | |
Displacement 1,108 tons surfaced1,400 tons submerged | ||
The World War II Soviet submarine L-22 belonged to the L-class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. She was part of the last series (Group 4) of her class, having some improvements including more torpedo tubes. For the successes during the war the boat was awarded the Order of Red Banner.
Service history
L-22 scored her success mostly as a minelayer submarine.
L-22 also torpedoed and damaged the German freighter Rudesheimer (2036 GRT) on 1 September 1943.
References
Soviet submarine L-22 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA